The ‘mutabilis’ rose in my front garden is absolutely smothered in multicoloured butterfly-like blooms. Continue reading “the inconstant rose”
spring, finally
Boston ivy is romping all over the brick walls in my garden, making a lovely green backdrop while the viburnum opulus takes centre stage. At last after months of blah there are quite a lot of things worth photographing out the window.
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pretty things
Winter took longer than usual to finish with us in Melbourne this year. Continue reading “pretty things”
look what we grew
Our first ever avocado. I’m a little bit proud. Continue reading “look what we grew”
vegetables of late winter
Having failed, again, to sow seeds sufficiently early in the summer, we’ve had another tardy winter harvest. Continue reading “vegetables of late winter”
after frost
We woke last Saturday to a beautiful frost. A patina of tiny icicles covered the garden, turning leaves into powdered sugar confections. Continue reading “after frost”
a sunny winter morning
It’s mid-winter and after some rain the nature strip has gone green and purple again. Continue reading “a sunny winter morning”
beauty in the wreckage
Two weeks into winter and the flower party is mostly over. But if you look carefully there are some small moments of quiet beauty. Continue reading “beauty in the wreckage”
autumn
The mellow honeyed tones of an autumn afternoon in the front garden. Continue reading “autumn”
texture
A nice combination of colours and textures is happening in this corner of the front garden. Continue reading “texture”